Gemini Images: Spiral Galaxies

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Spiral galaxies are rotating disk systems of stars, gas and dust. Due to their varying orientations in the sky, they may appear as face-on whirlpools, edge-on disks, or as something in between. Spirals are classified based on the tightness of their arms the size and shape of their nucleus. Those with an elongated bar-like center are called "barred spirals."

NGC1097

NGC1532-31

NGC6946

Stephan’s Quintet

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